 | 1827 - 798 pages
...cast in tillage o'er the corn-town Held*, Where Memphis flourish'd, and the I'haraohs reign 'd ; — Egypt's grey piles of hieroglyphic grandeur. That...the language which they speak, Preserving its dead emblem* to the eye. Vet hiding from the mind what these reveal ; —Her pyramids would be mcra pinnacles,... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...Till all their pomp sinks down in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than their prime ! Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, Compared with...in the deep. Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth. Babel's stupendous folly, though it aim'd To scale heaven's... | |
 | 1827 - 604 pages
...them, Till all their pomp sinks down in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than their prime! —Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, Compared...in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth: •—Babel's stupendous'folly, though it aim'd To scale... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1827 - 296 pages
...Till all their pomp sinks down in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than their prime ! — Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, - • Compared...in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, . In days when there were giants on the earth : — Babel's stupendous folly, though it aim'd To scale... | |
 | 1827 - 808 pages
...Till all their pomp sinks dowu in mouldering re» lies, Vet in their ruin lovelier than their prime ! —Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, Compared...in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth : —Baud's stupendous folly, though it aim'd To scale... | |
 | 1828 - 472 pages
...Till all their pomp sinks down in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than their prime — Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, Compared with...in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth : •—Babel's stupendous folly, though it aimed To scale... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...Till all their pomp sinks down in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than (heir prime ! — Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale. Compared with...in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth. — Babel's stupendous folly, though it aim'd To scale... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...in mouldering relics, Yet in their ruin lovelier than their prime ! — Dust in the balance, aioms in the gale, Compared with these achievements in the deep. Were all the monuments of olden lime, In days when there и ere giants on the earth. — Babel's stupendous folly, though it aim'd... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...And cast in tillage o'er the corn-sown fields, Where Memphis flourish'd, and the Pharaohs reign'd;— Egypt's grey piles of hieroglyphic grandeur, That...survived the language which they speak. Preserving ils dead emblems to the eye. Yet hiding from the mind what these reveal ; — Her pyramids would be... | |
 | 1836 - 514 pages
...cast in tillage o'er the corn-sown fields. Where Memphis flourish'd, and the Pharaohs reign 'd;— Egypt's grey piles of hieroglyphic grandeur, That...survived the language which they speak. Preserving iti dead emblems to the eye, Yet hiding from the mind what these reveal ; — Her pyramide would be... | |
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Dust in the balance, atoms in the gale, Compared with these achievements in the deep, Were all the monuments of olden time, In days when there were giants on the earth : — Babel's stupendous folly, though it... 
